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The Catawban (also '''Eastern Siouan''') languages form a small Language Family in east North America. The Catawban family is a sub-family of the larger Siouan-Catawban Family .


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The Catawban family consists of 2 languages:

# Catawba ''(†)''
# Woccon ''(†)''

All Catawban languages are now Extinct . Gordon (2005) reports that the last native speaker of Catawba died before 1960. An effort is now being made to revive the Catawba language.


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BIBLIOGRAPHY


  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (Ed.). (2005). ''Ethnologue: Languages of the world'' (15th ed.). Dallas, TX: SIL International. ISBN 1-55671-159-X. (Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com).

  • Parks, Douglas R.; & Rankin, Robert L. (2001). The Siouan languages. In R. J. DeMallie (Ed.), ''Handbook of North American Indians: Plains'' (Vol. 13, Part 1, pp. 94-114). W. C. Sturtevant (Gen. Ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 0-16-050400-7.